Organizing Your Paper Files

Nov 18, 2010 by Dean Wood The Basic Filing System Family Roots Organizer: http://www.123genealogy.com/organizer/ More in-depth explanation http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Guide=ALL_REF_DOC_-_Organizing_Paper_Files.asp Quick Overview: Color Coding System: Blue - Your Father's Father's line; Green - Your Father's Mother; Red - Your Mother's Father; Yellow - You Mother's Mother. Other Resources: Cyndiaslist: organizing Your Research http://www.cyndislist.com/organize.htm Ancestry.com: Get It Together (archive) http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/category.aspx?category=&type=together&page=1&bydate=1